traction control...

[gazbutmk5gti]

The traction control works by venting boost pressure to reduce power, it will take a short time for the pressure to build back up maybe this is the hesitation you can feel

[SteveS]

it fels more than just boost. its "on off" rather then just off then it picks up... i feels like TC is on normally but not as sensitive.

[maxamus]

Traction control stays ON in my car. I have from time to time turned it off and this, for me, ends up resulting in my front tyres bunny hopping when i floor it. Esp in the wet.

The only thing i hate  is when i pull out of a junction and take it to 4000/5000 revs, when traction does kick in, it makes my car sound like sh1t because it cuts out the exhaust note when it does kick in. Makes almost a farting sound. Thats the only way i can describe it. Sometimes happens in a straight line also.... It sounds 

[SteveS]

Traction control stays ON in my car. I have from time to time turned it off and this, for me, ends up resulting in my front tyres bunny hopping when i floor it. Esp in the wet.

The only thing i hate  is when i pull out of a junction and take it to 4000/5000 revs, when traction does kick in, it makes my car sound like sh1t because it cuts out the exhaust note when it does kick in. Makes almost a farting sound. Thats the only way i can describe it. Sometimes happens in a straight line also.... It sounds 

the only downside you can come up with for TC on is the exhaust note? LOL!!!

man, TC off makes the car feel like a different car. feels much faster! agreed only off in good conditions!

oh and on my first drive since my torque arm insert, i got a perfect 1st to 2nd gear change with no wheel hop! just a perfectly sounding little squeel as the power got put down! was very happy

[R32UK]

Its quite funny this topic has come up, as I have recently been practising driving with the TC off. I have to admit the car feel like a totally different animal!! Usually going into a fast sweeping bend you can feel each wheel making little adjustments to keep the car on the line you have chosen. With the TC off it feels like the car has been let off the rails.. almost like its no longer on a leash!! Try it Manu you will notice the difference, esp when your pushing on a bit!

[182_blue]

turning of traction in the old ST made it alot faster when pulling away 

[R32UK]

I will experiment a little further tonight and post my findings.. providing it doesnt rain

[NewGolf]

If it wasn't for traction control and ESP hot hatches would still only have 130 hp, the technology gives the engineers the scope to put 200+hp into FWD cars.

When you do loose traction and control and it is always when you least expect it, for example on a straight road during an overtake, next thing you know you are driving on the verge.

I think on a typical UK road you are foolish to try to turn it off. Just my opinion.

....Extremely valid opinion imo!

On greasy B-roads on a boot-it overtake I've been very glad of TC/ESP so many times! It keeps any snaking under control. I only ever switch it off when off public roads. It's well known that such safeguards save lives on the roads. To hell with someone's selfish prowess about how well they think they can drive with it off!

Good words RedRobin, if it saves lives use it.

[isitme]

I don't drive on the road with the TC turned off but on the track it doesn't feel any faster just alot more fun 

Having said that even with the TC on the car does still slide around and even gets some lift off oversteer especially in the wet, but with the added bonus that it always steps in when my skill level is exceeded

[Bolle]

The remap I had (see my introduction post), apparantly has a modified TC as well. As it was explained to me, the normal TC completely cuts fuel when it detects wheelspin. The remap changes this by cutting fuel to each cylinder on an individual basis, thus it can anything from one to all four cylinders, depending on how much the power has to be reduced to stop wheelspin.

The TC cutting in thus not completely stops progress, and the car keep accelerating although the TC is active. To be honest however, I'm usually quite gentle in lower gears so don't use it much. I can't also really remember the feel of the TC before the remap, so it's hard to analyse the difference.